Today, John Suhr is best known for the electric guitars that bear his name on the headstock – instruments that are favored by Mateus Asato, Pete Thorn and beyond. But his route into guitar building was forced upon him after a traumatic run-in with a less-than-ideal luthier job.
Suhr founded his namesake axe and amp-making firm in 1997, with Michael Jackson's virtuosic foil Jennifer Batten an early adopter of his instruments. He was still a teenager when he was hit by the luthiery bug, which started as a knee-jerk reaction to a heartbreaking experience.
